The third road contest was the charm for Horizon, as they earned their first road win of the season. They put the hurt on the Douglas County Huskies with a sharp 12-6 win on Saturday. The Hawks might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four games by six runs or more this season.
Kaiya Barela made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She struck out ten batters over seven innings while giving up three earned (and three unearned) runs off ten hits. The dominant performance gave her a new career- in strikeouts. Barela was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 3-for-5.
In other batting news, Horizon let Belinda Martinez and Tessa Munsch loose on the outfield. Martinez went 2-for-2 with three RBI, a triple, and a run, while Munsch scored two runs while going 2-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Bryanna Fontes, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Horizon kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 12 hits. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 5.3 hits per game earlier this season, but in their last five matches they've averaged 8.8.
Horizon is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 5-7 record this season. As for Douglas County, the defeat snapped their winning streak at five games and leaves them with a 7-2 record.
Horizon will challenge Monarch at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Douglas County, they are taking a road trip to face off against Legacy at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. The timing isn't great for Legacy: they have been struggling with four straight losses at home, while Douglas County has snatched up three consecutive wins on the road.
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